High-Dose Flu Shot

[JEBar]

we've been trying for about a week to get our "high-dose flu shot" .... because of the demand from seniors in our area, our doctor's office is out of the high-dose vaccine, the Walgreens in a neighboring town where we usually get our shots can't keep it in stock and its the same at a couple of other pharmacies we have called .... yesterday we called the new Walgreens in our town and they had it in stock .... we immediately drove over and got our shots .... yes, our arms are sore this morning but having been hospitalized and ending up in heart surgery as a result of having the flu, a bit of a sore arm is no problem at all

[Spade5]

Good for you. No problem getting mine here in Houston I got the pneumonia shot two years ago and when I went for my flu shot this year, the pharmacist told me there was a new pneumonia shot phenmovax 23 that supposedly helps protect against more things. I was really sore for two days with that one then it went away. Getting old isn't for sissies.

[Vaquero]

Well, at 62, I've Never had a flu shot, or a pneumonia shot.
And haven't had either since I was young.

RP

[cooperhawk]

I'm not going to say they don't work because I think they do. I had flu shots for years while I was in govt employment and I always seemed
to get the flu anyway. Since I retired twenty years ago I quit getting them and haven't had the flu since. I do get the Pneumonia shot and
a few years back got Pneumonia so bad I was nearly hospitalized. I asked my Doc how come and he said it was a different strain.
Go figure.
I think having school age children around is where a of this gets spread. The little, (I do love them), typhoid Mary's bring it home from school.

[fortyshooter]

Never had a flu shot either and it reminds me of my days working at the plant. They would give free flu shots there every year and my supervisor would urge me to get one which I never did. Of course he would get it and then always catch some kind of flu later on.
Think I had one case of the flu and this was during those years when my son was in elementary school.

[RanchRoper]

Well, at 61, I've Never had a flu shot, or a pneumonia shot.
And haven't had either since I was young.

RP

Same here.

[Grunt67]

For years, I would get the down in bed, can't get up flu, every Thanksgiving or Christmas. Started taking flu shots, haven't had it since.
You can take the shot & still get the flu. Different strain than the shot was designed for.
I get mine @ the VA, which I'm going to do Mon. My pneumonia shot is up to date, same with shingles.
Same thing doesn't work for all.

[Ernie]

Been getting the flu shots for maybe 12 years. I have been fine while people around me who did not get the shots were sick.

[John E Davies]

You can't equate one person's experiences with flu to the big picture. "My dad smoked for 90 years and never got cancer." "I never bought a fire extinguisher - my house never burned down." "I have been healthy all my life, I don't need a vaccine."

Flu shots do work, they may not stop an individual from getting it, but they sure do work well in reducing the general infection rate of the vulnerable age groups. I get one every Fall.

John Davies
Spokane WA

[The Wiz]

The VA keeps me up to date. Once I got surrounded by two nurses at a VA clinic and threaten with bodily harm if I didn't get a flu shot. You don't mess with VA nurses. Plus they said they would tell my wife.